Rohde & Schwarz FSEA20 - RSIB Interface; Windows Environment

Contents - Maintenance and Instrument Interfaces FSE
1065.6016.12 8.10 E-15
RSIB Interface
The RSIB interface is only available if the FSE is equipped with a controller option, FSE-B15. It allows
the control of FSE by Visual C++ and VisualBasic programs but also by using the Windows applications
WinWord and Excel. The functions for the programming of control applications are provided by DLLs
RSIB32.DLL (for 32-bit applications) and RSIB.DLL (for 16-bit applications). Instruments with MS DOS
controller option are restricted to 16-bit applications and local control in a Windows enviroment.
A Unix operating system can be installed on an external computer in addition to a Windows operating
system. In this case, the control applications are created either in C or C++. The supported Unix
operating systems include:
• Sun Solaris 2.6 Sparc Station
• Sun Solaris 2.6 Intel Platform
• Red Hat Linux 6.2 x86 Processors
Control applications may run locally on the measuring instrument as well as on a remote controller in a
network. With local control, the name ’@local’ is specified for link setup by means of function
RSDLLibfind(). If ’@local’ is not specified, the RSIB.DLL interprets the name as an IP address
and attempts to set up a link to the device via the Winsock interface.
Remote controller
(Windows NT or Windows 95)
FSE
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CONFIGURATION
PRESET CAL
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START
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Windows Environment
To access the measuring instruments via the RSIB interface the DLL should be installed in the
corresponding directories:
• RSIB.DLL in Windows NT system directory or control application directory.
• RSIB32.DLL in Windows NT system32 directory or control application directory.
The DLLs are already installed in the corresponding directories on the measuring instruments.
For the different programming languages, files exist containing the declarations for the DLL functions
and the error code definitions.
Instruments witht Windows NT controller:
Visual Basic (16 bit): ’RSIB.BAS’ (C:/R_S/Instr/RSIB)
Visual Basic (32 bit): ’RSIB32.BAS’ (C:/R_S/Instr/RSIB)
C: ’RSIB.H’ (C:/R_S/Instr/RSIB)
Remote
control via
network
16-bit app.
16-bit application
32-bit app.
32-bit application
Local
applications
on instrument
RSIB network interface
RSIB DLL
RSIB.DLL
RSIB32.DLL
RSIB32.DLL